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Deutsche Börse: Second American Company In The Prime Standard: Successfactors Inc.

Date 29/07/2011

SuccessFactors Inc. (WKN A0M7X4) commenced trading in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange regulated market on 29 July. This makes the company the second American company after Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. to be listed in the Prime Standard.

According to information provided by the company, SuccessFactors is the worldwide leading provider of cloud-based business execution software solutions. With solutions for business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions, the company supports more than 3,500 customers in more than 168 countries in 34 languages. The company has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Euronext in Paris since 19 July.

“We are delighted to welcome the second American company – SuccessFactors Inc.
– to the Prime Standard. In listing in the Prime Standard, the company fulfils Europe's highest transparency requirements and thus also increases visibility with international investors,” said Alexander Höptner, Head of Markets Services at Deutsche Börse.

“A dream comes true for SuccessFactors to be the first triple listed technology company on the New York, Paris, and now Frankfurt Stock Exchanges. We welcome Europeans to have easier access to invest in our growth and value creation for our clients, certain investors cannot invest outside of Europe and they can now also invest in SuccessFactors as we are locally traded on both Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Euronext in Paris,” said Lars Dalgaard, founder and CEO, SuccessFactors.

SuccessFactors Inc. is the 16th new entrant to the Prime Standard this year.
There are a total of 356 companies listed in the Prime Standard of the regulated market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and 280 on the General Standard. The Entry Standard, the market segment for SMEs in the Open Market, comprises 135 companies.